CONTENTS.
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Foxe, John
CHAPTER I.
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO.
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Martyrdom of St. Stephen, James the Great, and Philip
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Matthew, James the Less, Matthias, Andrew, St. Mark and Peter
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Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, Simon, John, and Barnabas
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CHAPTER II.
THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS.
The first persecution under Nero, A. D. 67
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The second persecution under Domitian, A. D. 81
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The third persecution under Trajan, A. D. 108
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The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162
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The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, A. D. 192
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The sixth persecution under Maximinus, A. D. 235
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The seventh persecution under Decius, A. D. 249
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The eighth persecution under Valerian, A. D. 257
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The ninth persecution under Aurelian, A. D. 274
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The tenth persecution under Diocletian, A. D. 303
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CHAPTER III.
PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA.
Persecutions under the Arian heretics
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Persecution under Julian the Apostate
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Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals
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Persecutions from about the middle of the Fifth, to the conclusion of the Seventh century